Colouring NestHalves, Thirds and Quarters: Shade the Fraction
- Ages 7–8
- Easy
- 2 pages
- Worksheet
- Answer key
- PDF: Letter & A4
- Updated
Tip: download the PDF for Letter or A4 paper, print it at 100% and use a pencil or crayon. Tap "Show solution" to check your answer, or print it as an answer key.
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Twelve shapes split into halves, thirds or quarters, each with a fraction written underneath, such as 2/3 or 3/4. Children read the bottom number (how many equal parts there are) and check it against the shape, then shade as many parts as the top number says. It is the step from words to fraction notation in second grade, and the answer key on page 2 shows one right way to shade each shape.
Also try: Identifying Fractions: Name the Shaded Part · Fraction Wall (Fraction Bars)
Tips for this fraction worksheet
- Read the bottom number first: it must match the number of parts in the shape.
- Shade any parts you like: there is more than one right answer.
- Ask which is bigger, one third or one quarter, and why.
Page 2 of the PDF is the answer key. When this sheet feels easy, move on to the equivalent fractions and comparing fractions sheets. See all fraction worksheets.
For teachers and parents
- What it practises
- Equal parts, halves, thirds and quarters, equivalent and comparing fractions, adding, simplifying and mixed numbers
- How to use it
- Say each fraction in words (“three quarters”). Use folded paper strips or the fraction wall for the first sheets. Answers on page 2.
- Time
- About 10–20 minutes
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Printing tips
- Fold paper strips into halves, quarters and eighths before the first sheet.
- Say fractions in words: “three quarters”, “two fifths”.
- Mark with page 2 and redo the wrong ones the next day.
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